To promote supply chain management, the DOWA group revised the existing procurement policy to "CSR Procurement Policy" in FY2013. A special characteristic of our CSR procurement policy is that "S (sustainability)" is added to Q (quality), C (cost) and D (delivery) of the existing procurement. Initiatives for social responsibility, such as environmental conservation and consideration for human rights etc., and off course compliance are included in this "S".
We introduce our CSR procurement policy to business connections at occasions such as trading start etc., and convey our ideas as well as request for compliance. The policy is being publicized widely through the website.
"CSR Procurement Guideline" was prepared in FY2014. It summarizes the contents that should be considered for our company and its business connections to promote CSR. During our studies, we were aware of the need to work with customers and suppliers rather than making one-sided demands, for the growth of our company. So, the guideline was prepared while referring to deep electronics industry guidelines etc., which are linked to the supply chain, such as "JEITA Supply Chain CSR Promotion Guidebook" and "EICC Code of Conduct (Electronic Industry Code of Conduct)" etc.
The prepared guideline was distributed to the inhouse business division and department responsible for procurement in each district, and its publicity was started through briefings by making visits or inhouse portal site, towards operations. Further, with globalization of business, since there is an increase in the reception of questionnaires and interviews related to CSR from business connections in business entities outside Japan, English, Chinese and Thai versions were created even for the CSR Procurement Guideline. The CSR department is conducting briefings on the background behind the preparation, way of thinking of our company and the contents etc., during visits to the business entities outside Japan.
In FY2015, we will start distribution of guidelines and self-checklists to major business connections, based on the CSR Procurement Guideline. The self-checklist is a checklist for our business connections to carry out a self-evaluation by themselves, about the mechanism of promoting our CSR and their understanding of the actual condition. Further, we are planning a feedback of the results, and additionally, a confirmation visit to suppliers to confirm the results of the self-check.
In future, we will pursue an improvement in initiatives, such as aiming to deploy to business connections outside Japan etc., and reliable operations, in order to make our supply chain management an even more effective activity.
